Sketchbook

I think I'm going to need to scan in my sketchbook pages, since I don't think the photos of them are working out too well. No scanner in Austin, so here's what I've got.

IF : Fortune

Rudy painting finally gets to Susan

When someone really loves the painting I've done for them, there is just no better feeling. I was so relieved and happy that Susan responded so enthusiastically to the portrait of her cat Rudy. She even tried to pay me for it again! I took a half-day off from work yesterday, enjoyed driving over to Tiburon in the gorgeous spring weather to drop this off. Visited Blackie's Pasture briefly too, where I intended to sketch the Blackie statue, but there was an impromptu softball game taking place right then.

Susan is such a sweetheart - very genuine and kind. I feel lucky that fate threw us together in this venture and hope I'll know her a long time.

Sandra & Karl also loved the painting of the cat I did for them, which I got to drop by to their Sonoma pad last Saturday after painting in Napa. It was funny - I'd painted it with their cat Twinkleberry in mind (since she is very sick right now), but when Sandra saw it, she was positive that the painting was of their other cat "Big Boy." So Big Boy it is! And I got some good reference photos from her to start in on her several other fur persons too. Got to meet Hoyt Smith but missed out on his wife Jackie who was napping after a very long flight from Singapore. Turns out that Hoyt is actually a bear cousin, which is fun. Makes it even more enjoyable to listen to him now in the morning as he hosts on KDFC.

More good news - it seems that Twinkleberry does have a good shot at surviving her kidney disease after all.

cat series

april-cat-1
Originally uploaded by pamplemousse2007.

I am working on creating 20 of these small (6 x 6 inch) paintings of cats. So far, it's quite fun!
See more of these photos (on Flickr) by clicking on the photo here in the blog.

Super smiley India

Super smiley India
Originally uploaded by pamplemousse2007.

I got to borrow my sister's dog today and took a walk up from San Anselmo along this great open ridge, lots of wildflowers. India (the dog) was a very happy girl, as is evidenced in this photo!